hem.
home (to one's home)
Meaning & usage
home (to one's home)
Det är dags att åka hem
Jag vill hem!
to someone's home (more generally); to someone's place / house / home, to [name of person]'s, etc.
Vi åkte hem till henne
Vi var hem till henne igår
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
a home; one's dwelling place, as in a house or a more general geographical place; the abiding place of the affections.
Ens hem är där man bor
Farmor har städat hemmet
a home; an institution
Farmor har hamnat på hemmet
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse heim < heimr, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
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